• Josh Allen and Zach Charbonnet energy fantasy playoff pushes: The quarterback and operating again got here by means of for individuals who wanted an enormous Week 14 exhibiting from their fantasy groups.
• Isiah Pacheco‘s inventory is quickly declining: Pacheco dealt with 70% of the Chiefs’ operating again carries however was afforded little room to maneuver earlier than contact.
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Making ready for the subsequent week of the fantasy soccer season typically includes diving into potential waiver-wire provides or breaking down the extra covert traits from the previous week’s video games. Nevertheless it’s additionally useful to guage what’s proper in entrance of us: the gamers who excelled and those that got here up wanting expectations.
BOOMS
QB Josh Allen, Buffalo Payments
As fantasy managers fought for playoff spots, Josh Allen delivered the efficiency of the season, recording 424 yards and 6 touchdowns on his option to 51.8 fantasy factors.
Josh Allen vs the Rams
🔹 22/37
🔹 342 passing yards
🔹 82 speeding yards
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Regardless of the loss, Allen torched the Rams’ secondary by means of the air and on foot. On throws of 20-plus yards, he went 6-of-6 passing for 198 yards, three touchdowns and an ideal 158.3 passer ranking. On the bottom, Allen tallied 82 yards, 49 yards after contact, six first-down rushes, 4 missed tackles pressured and one other three touchdowns.
If you happen to had been combating for a playoff spot in Week 14 and had Josh Allen, welcome to the postseason. (I hope).
Going Ahead: QB1
WR Puka Nacua, Los Angeles Rams
One of the simplest ways to counter the Josh Allen “growth” week was to have Puka Nacua in your fantasy staff, as he recorded 12 receptions, 178 whole yards and two touchdowns en path to 41.8 PPR factors.
PUKA NACUA MANAGERS STAND 🆙 pic.twitter.com/pxKEqetJTW
— PFF Fantasy & Betting (@PFF_Fantasy) December 9, 2024
Nacua’s 92.3 PFF total grade, 84 yards after the catch and 6 receptions of 15-plus yards led all huge receivers this week.
Since returning to motion in Week 8, Nacua is the PPR WR2 — the results of Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford feeding him and Cooper Kupp.
Going Ahead: Excessive-end WR1
RB Zach Charbonnet, Seattle Seahawks
Charbonnet stepped up in an enormous means for Kenneth Walker III.
The second-year operating again recorded 134 speeding yards (most), 125 yards after contact (most), six missed tackles pressured (tied second most), 4 rushes of 10-plus yards (tied second most), two touchdowns and 38.3 PPR fantasy factors.
The Cardinals had no reply for Charbonnet, who averaged 6.1 yards per keep on 22 speeding makes an attempt. Sadly for him, his fantasy worth will plummet as soon as Walker returns to motion.
Going Ahead: Mid-tier RB1 or high-end RB2 with out Walker; low-end flex play with Walker
BUSTS
RB Isiah Pacheco, Kansas Metropolis Chiefs
Pacheco has underwhelmed since returning two weeks in the past, securing 5 PPR fantasy factors in Week 13 and eight in Week 14.
Utilization was not the problem in Week 14, as Pacheco nonetheless dealt with 70% of the Chiefs’ operating again carries. However Kansas Metropolis’s offensive line afforded him solely 15 yards earlier than contact.
Patrick Mahomes has additionally not typically appeared Pacheco’s means within the passing sport, offering him with solely three receptions over the previous two weeks after the 2 linked on seven passes in Weeks 1 and a pair of.
Temperature Examine: Apprehensive
WR A.J. Brown, Philadelphia Eagles
Brown is on a run of back-to-back underwhelming weeks after hauling in 4 passes for less than 43 yards in Week 14.
Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts completed with 108 passing yards in opposition to the Panthers, so there wasn’t a lot probability for Brown to supply, however neither of the staff’s landing passes went his means.
There isn’t a want to fret about Brown, who had a quieter day in opposition to a surging Panthers staff that’s holding video games shut after early-season turmoil. Plus, Philadelphia continues to closely depend on operating again Saquon Barkley (20 makes an attempt).
Temperature Examine: Nonetheless a high-end WR1
RB James Cook dinner, Buffalo Payments
If one participant accounts for six touchdowns, his teammates are sure to dud. Sadly, that was the case for James Cook dinner in Week 14.
Josh Allen took all three of the Payments’ speeding scores, and Cook dinner didn’t account for any passing touchdowns. It did not assist that Buffalo was trying to throw typically whereas taking part in catch-up. Cook dinner was the one Payments operating again who recorded a speeding try, albeit simply six.
Temperature Examine: Not frightened; the results of taking part in from behind and in a Josh Allen super-hero sport
